HANOVER, Maryland (WBAL) A 67-year-old man was arrested and charged after he left his 98-year-old mother, who is confined to a wheelchair, sitting alone in a hot truck for nearly five hours while he was inside a Hanover, Maryland casino.

At 6:37 p.m. Monday, officers were called to the parking garage at the Maryland Live Casino after getting a 911 call from a concerned citizen to check on the well-being of an elderly woman who was inside a truck.The officers found a red Ford truck with North Carolina registration plates with an elderly woman sitting inside by herself, police said.